Fishing line threading means for telescopic rods

ABSTRACT

A sectional tubular telescopic rod for fishing or other uses has its innermost section of smallest diameter sufficiently long or lengthened so that when the telescopic sections are fully collapsed, the inner end of the innermost section lies close to the point where the fishing line is fed from a reel thus making it readily possible to thread a fishing line through a tubular rod in a simple and effective manner.

Unite States atent r191 Bower-find et al.

[451 Feb. 5, 1974 FISHING LINE THREADHNG NEEANS FOR TELESCOPIC RODS [75]Inventors: Albert L. Bowerfind, East Paterson,

N.J.; Zvi Aviezer, New York, NY.

[73] Assignee: Daggeem, Inc., New York, NY.

[22] Filed: Sept. 8, 1971 [21] Appl. No.: 178,759

[52] US. Cl 43/18 R [51] int. Cl A01k 87/00 [58] Field of Search 43/18,23, 24

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,618,253 1l/1971 Edwards eta1. 43/23 2/1951 Pullan ..43/18 12/1968 Carabasse 43/18 PrimaryExaminerWarner H. Camp 5 7] ABSTRACT A sectional tubular telescopic rodfor fishing or other uses has its innermost section of smallest diametersufficiently long or lengthened so that when the telescopic sections arefully collapsed, the inner end of the innermost section lies close tothe point where the fishing line is fed from a reel thus making itreadily possible to thread a fishing line through a tubular rod in asimple and effective manner.

3 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures FISHING LINE THREADING MEANS FOR TELESCOPICRODS This invention relates to a telescopic fishing rod or other rodwhich is made up of a number of tubular sections which can be extendedor retracted as desired and through the hollow interior of whichsections a nylon fishing line or other filamentary material passes. Thepresent arrangement makes it easy to thread the fishing line through theinterior of the tubular rod.

IN THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWING:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view in exploded form of a tubulartelescopic fishing rod constructed in accordance with the invention;

FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view on an enlarged scale of the fishingrod of FIG. 1 in fully collapsed condition;

FIG. 3 is a transverse section taken on line 33 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a transverse section taken on line 44 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an elevational view of a detail; and

FIG. 6 illustrates the fishing rod in diagrammatic assembled form infully extended condition.

Referring to the drawing the fishing rod, which is preferably a hollowFiberglas sectional telescopic rod, has a handle (reel supporting)portion 10 and a generally frustoconical sleeve portion 11 of a tubularnature which is thickest adjacent the handle portion and thinnest at itsdistal end. Inwardly of member 11 there is an elongated tubular member12 which is of substantially uniform thickness from end to end and whichis interengaged with the member 11 via an O-ring 13. The end of member12 adjacent handle portion 10 is smoothly rounded to form a smoothannular curvature l4 and the opposite end of member 12 is bevelled at 15to form an annular angular shoulder which serves as a limiting stop forcollapsing movement of rod sections 16. The fishing rod is composed of aplurality of sections 16 which may be extended and retracted and thesesections 16 are provided with ferrules 17 of the nature described andclaimed in our copending application Ser. No. l78,760, filed Sept. 8,1971. At the outermost end of the rod there is also a tungsten carbidetip 18, the nature of which is described and claimed in our copendingapplication Ser. No. 178,761, filed Sept. 8, 1971.

The threading of a nylon line through a tubular collapsible Fiberglasfishing rod presents some difficulty and inconvenience and the majorpurpose of the present invention is to overcome that disadvantage and toprovide a simple and effective arrangement whereby the nylon line can bereadily threaded through the rod. For this purpose the innermost rodsection 16, which like the other sections becomes progressively smallerin diameter from its inner to its outer end, is made extra long (or hasan extension secured thereto) and is of such total length that when theinnermost rod section 16 is in its maximum collapsed or retractedposition as shown in FIG. 2 one end thereof presents an opening 19closely adjacent to the nylon fishing line 20 or other filamentarymaterial which is on a fishing reel -(not shown) from which the nylonline feeds axially or tangentially, although it will be appreciated thatby appropriate design of the handle portion 10 on which the reel ismounted the present invention is capable of use with any type of reel.

In order to carry out the threading with the parts in the position shownin FIG. 2 the free end of the nylon line is preferably fed by thefingers preferably 1 or ll inches at a time and the nylon line hassufficient rigidity to readily permit this to be done until the free endof the nylon line projects through the longest but smallest diameter rodsection, whereupon the end 21 of the nylon line can be grasped by thefingers and pulled through the rod farenough to have a sinker and afishing hook and the like secured thereto. Alternatively, the free endof the nylon line maybe attached to a slender needle with an eye towhich the end of the nylon line can be attached and then this needleeasily passes through innermost rod section 16 which is tilted so thatthe needle or other weight will slide along the inner surface ofinnermost section 16 and out the opposite end through the passagewayprovided in the carbide tip 18 and then the usual fishing accessoriesare applied to the end of the fishing line. After the threading iscarried out the various retracted rod sections are then pulled out tofully extended position whereupon the rod is ready for use. It will benoted from FIG. 2 in particular that the bevelled surface 15 acts as alimiting stop so that intermediate rod sections 16 do not move anexcessive distance or interfere with the movement of the innermostsection 16 all the way back through the member 12.

Tubular sectional Fiberglas fishing rods of telescopic construction arewillowy and readily flexed. The construction described above and theinternal passage of the fishing line through the hollow rod do not inany way interfere with flexing of the rod or the reeling in and out ofthe fishing line and in fact contribute thereto. The present rod alsohas the advantage that there are no external rings through which thefishing line passes and therefore the line is not susceptible ofsnagging or catching on any projection.

It is understood that the foregoing is intended as illustrative and notas limitative and that within the purview of the invention variousmodifications may be made particularly with respect to handle design andlengths and thicknesses of the various structural members described. Theinvention while particularly useful as a fishing rod is not limitedthereto since it may be employed for other purposes where suchconstruction is advantageous.

What is claimed is:

l. A hollow telescopic fishing rod comprising a plurality of extensibleand retractable tubular sections of progressively decreasing diameter, ahandle member for said fishing rod, the innermost section being ofsmallest diameter and being of a length greater than the length of theother sections so that when all the sections are retracted one end ofthe innermost section extends back to the handle to expose its openingfor fishing line threading thereinto and therethrough, whereby when thesections are extended the fishing line extends axially through all thesections and beyond, and means mounted on the handle for limiting theinward retracting movement of rod sections other than the innermost rodsection.

2. A hollow telescopic fishing rod according to claim 1, wherein thelimiting means includes an elongated tubular member through which theinnermost rod section retracts and which member has a bevelled endagainst which the other rod sections abut.

3. A hollow telescopic fishing rod according to claim 2, wherein theelongated tubular member is partially disposed within an outer shorterfrustoconical sleeve, the member and sleeve being interengaged by an O-ring connection.

1. A hollow telescopic fishing rod comprising a plurality of extensibleand retractable tubular sections of progressively decreasing diameter, ahandle member for said fishing rod, the innermost section being ofsmallest diameter and being of a length greater than the length of theother sections so that when all the sections are retracted one end ofthe innermost section extends back to the handle to expose its openingfor fishing line threading thereinto and therethrough, whereby when thesections are extended the fishing line extends axially through all thesections and beyond, and means mounted on the handle for limiting theinward retracting movement of rod sections other than the innermost rodsection.
 2. A hollow telescopic fishing rod according to claim 1,wherein the limiting means includes an elongated tubular member throughwhich the innermost rod section retracts and which member has a bevelledend against which the other rod sections abut.
 3. A hollow telescopicfishing rod according to claim 2, wherein the elongated tubular memberis partially disposed within an outer shorter frustoconical sleeve, themember and sleeve being interengaged by an O-ring connection.